School is almost here...

Well, we've had another fun week here in Campinas. We spent all week doing new teacher orientation and working in our classrooms. We had our first grocery shopping experience (that could be a whole post in and of itself), went out with Brazilian friends, had dinner with a fellow 4th grade teacher, and finally got cell phones! Today, we did a little sightseeing and attended a churrasco (bar-b-que) at our director's house. Everyone is so warm and friendly.

During the days, I spent most of my time doing this (it's not finished, but it's a start...):

My desk. I totally took my Peachtree sign and hot glued it to the wall, haha.

The bulletin board and big black box are going to move out. I'm eventually going to have a carpet here. Whenever it comes in. Story of my life! :)

Rainbow colored desks! Several of these sliding doors will be open during the day, because my classroom library and students' bookbags are all going to be inside the cabinets.

Front of the classroom. The big blank space is where the whiteboard and projector will be.  Whenever they come in. Being in a brand new classroom is really nice (no old teacher's junk to inherit), but it takes time to get everything in.

View from the door

So, there you have it. I'm really excited to meet my other coworkers on Monday, and I'm all ready to start my Portuguese classes. I feel like I'm understanding really well, but my speaking abilities are way too basic. I'm eager to learn and get better. In the meantime, I'm trying to catch up on my Brazilian soap opera:

My favorite actor in the soap :)